HIT: The spotlight shinning on Rutgers standout Ray Rice, a running back with the Baltimore Ravens.

MISS: The norovirus making its way through Princeton University, overwhelming the university’s health services center, filling every bed at the infirmary and sending some students to the hospital.

HIT: West Windsor-Plainsboro North stepping in to host the Mercer County swimming championships after Lawrence High School experienced a problem with a hot water heater in the showers at its pool.

HIT: The 14th annual Oyster Bowl at Blue Point Grill in Princeton tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Oyster slurping contest benefits the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Central and South Jersey Affiliate. Visit oysterbowlnj.com for more information.

MISS: A broken pipe flooding portions of the $52 million new Mercer County Criminal Courthouse building’s lobby and sheriff’s quarters

HIT: The Parkway Avenue Redevelopment Plan receiving unanimous approval from Ewing’s council Tuesday, paving the way for a multi-year project to transform more than 100 acres of post-industrial wasteland once home to a General Motors plant and Naval Air Warfare Center.

HIT: President Obama signing into law a $50.5 billion emergency measure for Superstorm Sandy victims after Congress gave the measure its final approval late Monday.

HIT: The Dow Jones industrial average ending last month up 5.8 percent, its strongest January since 1994.

MISS: The U.S. economy unexpectedly shrinking from October through December, the first quarterly drop since 2009 and a reminder of the economy’s vulnerability as automatic cuts in government spending loom.

HIT: Styrofoam, CDs, DVDs and wine bottle corks will be collected as part of a recycling event noon to 3 p.m today at the Hopewell Township Public Works Building, sponsored by the Hopewell Valley Green Team and the Pennington Environmental Commission. Visit HopewellValleyGreenTeam.org.

MISS: For the third time in less than three months, a wide-screen plasma TV bought for one of Trenton’s “Mayor’s Learning Centers” has been stolen.

HIT: A special fund set up by Congress to compensate people who got sick after being exposed to toxic World Trade Center dust following Sept. 11 is making its first round of payments, with the initial payouts going to a group of 15 first responders with respiratory problems.

MISS: New Jersey’s poorest families pay more than 11 percent of their income toward state and local taxes, while the tax bite for the richest is about 7 percent, according to a study conducted by the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy in Washington.

HIT: Yankee Derek Jeter working out on a baseball field Monday for the first time since breaking his left ankle last October.

MISS: Alex Rodriguez’s long term contract with the New York Yankees. Five seasons and $114 million to go.